Seventy-five to 100 people gathered at Sixth and Jefferson streets to celebrate the 10 a.m. announcement.

"This was the last enshrined discrimination in law and it's been stricken down by the highest court in the land," said Chris Hartman with the Fairness Campaign.

"I've been crying. I can't believe that this has happened and it's a happy day for us," said Jon Freels.

Freels and J.D. Dotson and have been partners for 12 years. While they still can't get married in Kentucky, if they decide to get married in another state, the Supreme Court decision makes it possible for them to receive the same federal benefits as heterosexual married couples.

Kentucky has a constitutional ban on same sex marriages.

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